Transfer the nessus.license file to your offline scanner and apply it.
If using the command line, navigate to the Nessus directory: C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\ Linux: /opt/nessus/sbin/ Run the command to generate a challenge code: Windows: nessuscli fetch --challenge Linux: ./nessuscli fetch --challenge
This public link is valid for 7 days and shares a thread, including any personal information you added. This link or copies made by others cannot be deleted. If you share with third parties, their policies apply. Can’t copy the link right now. Try again later. nessus offline activation license already in use full
Log in to the Tenable Support Portal from a computer with internet access. Navigate to the section.
Transfer the nessus.license file to your offline machine via secure USB or an approved data-transfer bridge. Transfer the nessus
to the Products or Manage Nessus Activation Codes section.
sudo /Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli update /path/to/all-2.0.tar.gz If you share with third parties, their policies apply
Tenable's support team eventually managed to resolve the issue by manually updating the license records. However, it took several days of tedious communication and verification processes. I was finally able to activate my license and start using Nessus as intended.
, register the file by running: /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --register-offline nessus.license
There is a time limitation on how frequently you can reset an activation code manually through the portal.
, you cannot deactivate it yourself. Proceed to Solution 2.